Transportation apparatus



Nu. 6l2,352.- Patented Oct. ll, I898. N. B. LANE.

TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS.

(Application filed. Dec. 7, 1897.)

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NORMAN B. LANE, OF LANES MILLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,352, dated October 11, 1898.

Application filed December 7,1897. $erial No. 661,053. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, NORMAN B. LANE, residing at Lanes Mills, in the county ofJefierson and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Transportation Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

A suitable seat is provided at O for the reception of a mast O to receive a sail, and rowlocks are provided, so oars may be used in propelling the boat.

At its ends, midway between the sides, the boat A is provided with vertical sockets D,

preferably in projecting block D, to receive My invention is an improved transportation apparatus designed to furnish a kit especially for use in the Klondike regions, in which will be combined a boat, a sled, a storehouse, a place of abode, and a vehicle adapted for use on narrow bridle-paths, all combined in a simple manner; and the invention consists in certain features of construction and novel combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 is a top plan view, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on about line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a part of one end of the boat, and Fig. 6 showsthe apparatus as in use.

. In carrying out my invention I provide a boat A, which is preferably constructed, as shown, with metal sides A, end compartments A spaced apart to form between them a compartment A in which the occupants of the boat may lie stretched out on a mattress A and the end compartments are designed to receive the stores or provender, being preferably supplied with drawers A in which the stores may be packed, so access may be conveniently had to any part thereof without disturbing the others, and so from time to time the gold or other valuables may be kept separated from the stores.

The intermediate compartment A is designed as a living-place for the occupants of the boat both in transit and at the destination, and for shelter I provide a tent-like awning B, which is supported on corner-posts B, which are fitted to the boat and secured as shown or in other suitable manner, the awning covering the compartment A and being suitably secured at its edges, as desired. Thus I furnish shelter both while traveling to and when at the mining regions, so the users of my kit can save the time and expense of building a house and preserve the the brackets E, whichsupport at their lower ends the wheels E, or rudders E may be secured in said brackets for use in steering the boat, in which case I will provide tillers E as shown, Fig. 6. By these wheels the apparatus may be readily propelled over narrow paths and up heavy grades by means of the handle-bars presently described.

For use on ice or snow I provide the boat with runners F, which extend along the bottom of the boat at its opposite sides and curve upwardly at F along the curved ends of the boat, the upwardly-extending portions F being adapted for the connection of the carry ing-bars G and their strut-braces G, preferably by providing openings F and F in the portions F of the runners for the reception of the bolts H, which secure the carryingbars and their strut-braces. At their ends the bars G and braces G have ears to embrace the runner portion F, and the bars G are slotted at II to receive the ends of the struts G, which latter have a series of bolt- -holes H which register with a bolt-hole H in the bar G and receive a bolt H by which the struts and carrying-bars are adj ustably connected, so the bars Gcan be set higher or lower to adapt them for use by men of different heights. As shown, I provide two carrying-bars at each end of the boat, so the latter can be'carried by two men between the bars, it being my purpose to use yokes or shoulderstraps connected with the carryingbars and leading over the shoulders of the men carrying the boat. By these carryingbars two men can push and pull the boat over rough roads and heavy grades, the boat furnishing a place wherein they may rest when 'wearied by their labors.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. .The herein-described apparatus comprising the boat-like body having runners boat, so it can be used when returning home. provided with upwardly-extended end portions at the ends of the boat, and the carrying-bars provided with adjustably-connccted strut-braces and having such strut-braces and carrying-bars secured to the upwardly-e20 tending portions of the runners, substantially as described 7 2. The apparatus herein described comprising the boat having the upright runner portions at its ends and provided on said ends between the runner portions With upright sockets for the Wheel-brackets, the Wheelbrackets in said upright sockets and the carrying-bars secured to the upright portions of the runners, substantially as shown and described.

3. The boat-like body having the end storage-compartments, and the intermediate living-compartments and provided on its under side with runners having portions extended upward along the ends of the boat and provided at its ends between said runner portions with the sockets, the Wheel-brackets in said sockets, and the carrying-bars and their struts secured to the upright runnerportions, substantially as described.

4;. In an apparatus substantially as described, the combination With the boat-like body having the upright runner portions at its ends, of the carrying-bars and their struts adj ustably connected and having at their ends ears overlapping and secured to the upright runner portions, substantially as described.

NORMAN B. LANE.

Vitnesses:

SoLoN O. KEMON, PERRY B TURPIN. 

